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Oracle Releases Oracle’s PeopleSoft 9.2

Oracle has released PeopleSoft Human Capital Management 9.2, PeopleSoft Financials 9.2, and Supply Chain Management 9.2. PeopleSoft 9.2 includes more than 1,000 new features, functions, and enhancements, says Oracle.

As with PeopleSoft 9.1, Oracle plans to continue to deliver new capabilities on top of PeopleSoft 9.2 via Feature Packs. With the delivery of PeopleSoft 9.2, Oracle will simultaneously provide upgrade scripts as well as the multi-language version of this release, a first for PeopleSoft applications.  

Paco Aubrejuan (Senior vice president and general manager, PeopleSoft Applications, Oracle): With dramatic improvements in operational cost management, we believe Oracle’s PeopleSoft 9.2 is a game changing release.

A number of customers and partners have been working with Oracle as early adopters of PeopleSoft 9.2 and have already started their implementation and upgrade projects. Some of these customers include: AARP, Caterpillar, Daimler, Franklin Templeton Investments, Washington University in St. Louis, Westfield, and Verizon.

Partners working with Oracle include: Accenture, BTR Group, Cardinal Point Solutions, Cognizant, CSC, Deloitte Consulting, Ellire, GreyHeller, Huron Consulting Group, Infosys, KPMG, MIPRO, Newbury Consulting Group, PwC, Regents Consulting, SmartERP Solutions, Succeed Consultancy, Wipro, and Zanett.

 

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